U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Clarence Thomas

1 article 1995

Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard reflecting on the role of government and the importance of heroic ideals in American life.

THE BENEVOLENT STATE AND THE NEED FOR HEROES

October 23, 1995 · Clarence Thomas, Magazine

Today, our culture is far less likely to raise up heroes than it is to exalt victims -- individuals who are overcome by the sting of oppression, injustice, adversity, neglect, or misfortune. Today, it seems that those who have succumbed to their circumstances are more likely to be singled out than…